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1989 BMW 325 smoke

Tiny
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1989 BMW 325 6 cyl Two Wheel Drive Manual

my car seems to smoke at stop lights I checked and there is no oil in my water or water in my oil. And after look I found what seems to be paper build up on the in side of my muffler
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 AT 8:59 AM

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Tiny
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The possibility exists that the cylinder head gasket is beginning to delaminate and allow coolant into the combustion chamber(s)
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 AT 9:25 AM
Tiny
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The thing is im not loosing any fluids at all not oil or water
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 AT 2:52 PM
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Has the car reached operating temperature when the smoke is present? How many minutes of operation are we talking about here?
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 AT 9:08 PM
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Sometimes it dont smoke at all no matter the temp and it sputters at times durning this but I pump the gas and theres no more problems the car runs great with lots of power just cant find out whats wrong
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008 AT 8:08 AM

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